MARION - As the Marion Unit 2 Board of Education weighs its options for an upcoming decision on redistricting, a political action committee has proposed an alternative to a plan that would pair the fo

CHICAGO - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

"Jamie inspires us all - not just her students," Della McMahan-Shepard said of Jamie Nash-Mayberry, the Shawnee High School teacher who was honored Sunday afternoon by residents for the work

What: Southern Illinois Roller Girls St. Valentine's Day Massacre scrimmage

Community organizations and chickens will take center stage Tuesday night at the Carbondale City Council meeting.

MARION - The Southern Illinois Boat and Fishing Show grew in its fifth year to attract a record crowd.

The Southern Illinois Roller Girls will launch their third season of competition Saturday with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre scrimmage, the first of nine home bouts on the schedule.

WHEATON - A judge set a $3 million bond Sunday for a suburban Chicago man charged in stabbings at a bar that left an elementary school teacher dead and injured two others.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.

CHICAGO - Chicago authorities say a man pulled from Lake Michigan has died.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth Super B

CARBONDALE - Three poets will read from their work from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Longbranch Coffeehouse, 100 E. Jackson St. in Carbondale. The reading will be a benefit for the Good Samaritan Hous

Chasity L. Baker, 26, of Herrin was fatally injured in a head-on collision Saturday night on Old Du Quoin Road, 94 feet south of Eastgate Estates Road.

As families across Illinois prepare their taxes this season, Gov. Pat Quinn encourages working families across Illinois to learn about tax relief passed earlier this year and how to apply for the Illi

INDIANAPOLIS - The First Fan has only one complaint about the Super Bowl: his favorite team isn't in it.

CHICAGO - Authorities say a 24-year-old woman is dead and a man is injured after the woman's car hit a tree along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive.

CARTERVILLE - The 18th Southern Illinois Women's Teen Conference will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at John A. Logan College in Carterville. The theme is "Girls Living Exciting Experiences.

JOHNSTON CITY - Seniors throughout the region will be provided with free health care screening (blood pressure testing, etc.), nutrition educa-tion and a variety of health information at a free health

MARION - Court Appointed Special Advocates of Williamson County is looking for local residents who are interested in serving as volunteer officers of the court on behalf of abused and neglected childr

MARION - Joyner Therapy Services of Marion, Harrisburg and Golconda is conducting a pajama drive until Feb. 15 to benefit The Night's Shield Children's Shelter in West Frankfort.

We are seeking nominees for The Southern Illinoisan and Southern Business Journal's "Leaders Among Us Class of 2012." We are seeking visionary leaders and tireless workers. They may be estab

CARBONDALE - The SIUC Women's Club will offer two scholarships to SIU female students. Applicants must be undergraduates who have reached at least junior standing with a minimum of 56 semester hours e

PINCKNEYVILLE - Sarah Folden, Administrative Assistant and Network Administrator, Murphy-Wall State Bank and Trust Company in Pinckneyville, recently graduated from the Future Leaders Alliance (FLA) I

CARBONDALE - Several Carbondale Community High School seniors have been selected as Illinois State Scholars.

CARBONDALE - The American Marketing Association, Chi Sigma Chi and SIU Campus Recreation are teaming up with Special Olympics Illinois to sponsor the 2012 Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge into C